See main article: 1908 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1908 United States presidential election in Nebraska |
| Country: | Nebraska |
| Flag Year: | 1905 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1904 United States presidential election in Nebraska |
| Previous Year: | 1904 |
| Next Election: | 1912 United States presidential election in Nebraska |
| Next Year: | 1912 |
| Election Date: | November 3, 1908 |
| Image1: | Unsuccessful 1908.jpg |
| Nominee1: | William Jennings Bryan |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | Nebraska |
| Running Mate1: | John W. Kern |
| Electoral Vote1: | 8 |
| Popular Vote1: | 131,099 |
| Percentage1: | 49.14% |
| Nominee2: | William Howard Taft |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Ohio |
| Running Mate2: | James S. Sherman |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 126,997 |
| Percentage2: | 47.60% |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | William Howard Taft |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1908 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 3, 1908. All contemporary 46 states were part of the 1908 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Nebraska was won by the Democratic nominees, former Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate John W. Kern of Indiana. They defeated the Republican Party nominees, former Secretary of War William Howard Taft of Ohio and his running mate James S. Sherman of New York. Bryan won his home state by a narrow margin of 1.54%.
Bryan had previously won Nebraska against William McKinley in 1896 but lost it to McKinley in their 1900 rematch. Bryan's two wins in the state are the only times a Democrat has carried Nebraska without winning the presidency.
As of 2020, this remains the only time in history that Nebraska has voted for a different presidential candidate than neighboring Kansas.
| 1908 United States presidential election in Nebraska[1] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 131,099 | 49.14% | 8 | ||
| Republican | William Howard Taft | 126,997 | 47.60% | 0 | ||
| Prohibition | Eugene W. Chafin | 5,179 | 1.94% | 0 | ||
| Social Democratic | Eugene V. Debs | 3,524 | 1.32% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 266,799 | 100.00% | 8 | |||
| Voter turnout | — | |||||
| County[2] | William Jennings Bryan Democratic | William Howard Taft Republican | Eugene Wilder Chafin Prohibition | Eugene Victor Debs Socialist | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||||||||||||
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| Adams | 2,337 | 51.53% | 1,987 | 43.81% | 119 | 2.62% | 92 | 2.03% | 350 | 7.72% | 4,535 | ||||||||||||
| Antelope | 1,455 | 45.36% | 1,658 | 51.68% | 66 | 2.06% | 29 | 0.90% | -203 | -6.33% | 3,208 | ||||||||||||
| Banner | 74 | 27.61% | 175 | 65.30% | 2 | 0.75% | 17 | 6.34% | -101 | -37.69% | 268 | ||||||||||||
| Blaine | 160 | 40.82% | 220 | 56.12% | 4 | 1.02% | 8 | 2.04% | -60 | -15.31% | 392 | ||||||||||||
| Boone | 1,583 | 49.24% | 1,580 | 49.14% | 40 | 1.24% | 12 | 0.37% | 3 | 0.09% | 3,215 | ||||||||||||
| Box Butte | 684 | 51.35% | 600 | 45.05% | 19 | 1.43% | 29 | 2.18% | 84 | 6.31% | 1,332 | ||||||||||||
| Boyd | 891 | 46.75% | 954 | 50.05% | 34 | 1.78% | 27 | 1.42% | -63 | -3.31% | 1,906 | ||||||||||||
| Brown | 526 | 44.92% | 588 | 50.21% | 15 | 1.28% | 42 | 3.59% | -62 | -5.29% | 1,171 | ||||||||||||
| Buffalo | 2,520 | 48.49% | 2,526 | 48.60% | 75 | 1.44% | 76 | 1.46% | -6 | -0.12% | 5,197 | ||||||||||||
| Burt | 1,215 | 38.47% | 1,880 | 59.53% | 49 | 1.55% | 14 | 0.44% | -665 | -21.06% | 3,158 | ||||||||||||
| Butler | 2,129 | 59.16% | 1,412 | 39.23% | 41 | 1.14% | 17 | 0.47% | 717 | 19.92% | 3,599 | ||||||||||||
| Cass | 2,387 | 48.03% | 2,440 | 49.09% | 85 | 1.71% | 58 | 1.17% | -53 | -1.07% | 4,970 | ||||||||||||
| Cedar | 1,732 | 50.90% | 1,627 | 47.81% | 39 | 1.15% | 5 | 0.15% | 105 | 3.09% | 3,403 | ||||||||||||
| Chase | 338 | 43.61% | 400 | 51.61% | 34 | 4.39% | 3 | 0.39% | -62 | -8.00% | 775 | ||||||||||||
| Cherry | 1,021 | 47.09% | 1,048 | 48.34% | 41 | 1.89% | 58 | 2.68% | -27 | -1.25% | 2,168 | ||||||||||||
| Cheyenne | 809 | 45.97% | 886 | 50.34% | 28 | 1.59% | 37 | 2.10% | -77 | -4.38% | 1,760 | ||||||||||||
| Clay | 1,939 | 49.01% | 1,891 | 47.80% | 95 | 2.40% | 31 | 0.78% | 48 | 1.21% | 3,956 | ||||||||||||
| Colfax | 1,267 | 51.03% | 1,159 | 46.68% | 21 | 0.85% | 36 | 1.45% | 108 | 4.35% | 2,483 | ||||||||||||
| Cuming | 1,722 | 56.64% | 1,284 | 42.24% | 29 | 0.95% | 5 | 0.16% | 438 | 14.41% | 3,040 | ||||||||||||
| Custer | 2,898 | 48.86% | 2,788 | 47.01% | 98 | 1.65% | 147 | 2.48% | 110 | 1.85% | 5,931 | ||||||||||||
| Dakota | 716 | 48.09% | 729 | 48.96% | 22 | 1.48% | 22 | 1.48% | -13 | -0.87% | 1,489 | ||||||||||||
| Dawes | 727 | 45.21% | 836 | 51.99% | 16 | 1.00% | 29 | 1.80% | -109 | -6.78% | 1,608 | ||||||||||||
| Dawson | 1,926 | 51.06% | 1,737 | 46.05% | 87 | 2.31% | 22 | 0.58% | 189 | 5.01% | 3,772 | ||||||||||||
| Deuel | 392 | 41.79% | 526 | 56.08% | 12 | 1.28% | 8 | 0.85% | -134 | -14.29% | 938 | ||||||||||||
| Dixon | 1,100 | 45.23% | 1,257 | 51.69% | 63 | 2.59% | 12 | 0.49% | -157 | -6.46% | 2,432 | ||||||||||||
| Dodge | 2,664 | 50.66% | 2,437 | 46.34% | 109 | 2.07% | 49 | 0.93% | 227 | 4.32% | 5,259 | ||||||||||||
| Douglas | 15,583 | 50.74% | 14,066 | 45.80% | 266 | 0.87% | 798 | 2.60% | 1,517 | 4.94% | 30,713 | ||||||||||||
| Dundy | 391 | 42.50% | 486 | 52.83% | 17 | 1.85% | 26 | 2.83% | -95 | -10.33% | 920 | ||||||||||||
| Fillmore | 1,989 | 52.22% | 1,756 | 46.10% | 40 | 1.05% | 24 | 0.63% | 233 | 6.12% | 3,809 | ||||||||||||
| Franklin | 1,298 | 52.42% | 1,083 | 43.74% | 57 | 2.30% | 38 | 1.53% | 215 | 8.68% | 2,476 | ||||||||||||
| Frontier | 847 | 41.24% | 1,098 | 53.46% | 55 | 2.68% | 54 | 2.63% | -251 | -12.22% | 2,054 | ||||||||||||
| Furnas | 1,618 | 51.78% | 1,400 | 44.80% | 92 | 2.94% | 15 | 0.48% | 218 | 6.98% | 3,125 | ||||||||||||
| Gage | 3,129 | 44.38% | 3,721 | 52.78% | 131 | 1.86% | 69 | 0.98% | -592 | -8.40% | 7,050 | ||||||||||||
| Garfield | 363 | 47.51% | 368 | 48.17% | 10 | 1.31% | 23 | 3.01% | -5 | -0.65% | 764 | ||||||||||||
| Gosper | 634 | 54.28% | 499 | 42.72% | 32 | 2.74% | 3 | 0.26% | 135 | 11.56% | 1,168 | ||||||||||||
| Grant | 101 | 51.79% | 93 | 47.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.51% | 8 | 4.10% | 195 | ||||||||||||
| Greeley | 1,072 | 59.36% | 691 | 38.26% | 14 | 0.78% | 29 | 1.61% | 381 | 21.10% | 1,806 | ||||||||||||
| Hall | 2,229 | 47.62% | 2,241 | 47.87% | 102 | 2.18% | 109 | 2.33% | -12 | -0.26% | 4,681 | ||||||||||||
| Hamilton | 1,664 | 48.26% | 1,633 | 47.36% | 129 | 3.74% | 22 | 0.64% | 31 | 0.90% | 3,448 | ||||||||||||
| Harlan | 1,158 | 48.19% | 1,081 | 44.99% | 115 | 4.79% | 49 | 2.04% | 77 | 3.20% | 2,403 | ||||||||||||
| Hayes | 277 | 40.20% | 359 | 52.10% | 11 | 1.60% | 42 | 6.10% | -82 | -11.90% | 689 | ||||||||||||
| Hitchcock | 632 | 48.77% | 633 | 48.84% | 17 | 1.31% | 14 | 1.08% | -1 | -0.08% | 1,296 | ||||||||||||
| Holt | 1,777 | 51.06% | 1,541 | 44.28% | 99 | 2.84% | 63 | 1.81% | 236 | 6.78% | 3,480 | ||||||||||||
| Hooker | 91 | 46.19% | 100 | 50.76% | 3 | 1.52% | 3 | 1.52% | -9 | -4.57% | 197 | ||||||||||||
| Howard | 1,435 | 57.79% | 977 | 39.35% | 40 | 1.61% | 31 | 1.25% | 458 | 18.45% | 2,483 | ||||||||||||
| Jefferson | 1,787 | 46.49% | 1,941 | 50.49% | 77 | 2.00% | 39 | 1.01% | -154 | -4.01% | 3,844 | ||||||||||||
| Johnson | 1,150 | 44.92% | 1,357 | 53.01% | 45 | 1.76% | 8 | 0.31% | -207 | -8.09% | 2,560 | ||||||||||||
| Kearney | 1,174 | 50.69% | 993 | 42.88% | 121 | 5.22% | 28 | 1.21% | 181 | 7.82% | 2,316 | ||||||||||||
| Keith | 310 | 44.99% | 368 | 53.41% | 6 | 0.87% | 5 | 0.73% | -58 | -8.42% | 689 | ||||||||||||
| Keya Paha | 354 | 41.99% | 422 | 50.06% | 18 | 2.14% | 49 | 5.81% | -68 | -8.07% | 843 | ||||||||||||
| Kimball | 124 | 34.73% | 216 | 60.50% | 7 | 1.96% | 10 | 2.80% | -92 | -25.77% | 357 | ||||||||||||
| Knox | 2,106 | 51.40% | 1,871 | 45.67% | 79 | 1.93% | 41 | 1.00% | 235 | 5.74% | 4,097 | ||||||||||||
| Lancaster | 8,540 | 51.91% | 7,428 | 45.15% | 400 | 2.43% | 85 | 0.52% | 1,112 | 6.76% | 16,453 | ||||||||||||
| Lincoln | 1,382 | 43.43% | 1,541 | 48.43% | 80 | 2.51% | 179 | 5.63% | -159 | -5.00% | 3,182 | ||||||||||||
| Logan | 155 | 49.52% | 140 | 44.73% | 10 | 3.19% | 8 | 2.56% | 15 | 4.79% | 313 | ||||||||||||
| Loup | 170 | 36.96% | 248 | 53.91% | 10 | 2.17% | 32 | 6.96% | -78 | -16.96% | 460 | ||||||||||||
| Madison | 1,878 | 46.15% | 2,137 | 52.52% | 40 | 0.98% | 14 | 0.34% | -259 | -6.37% | 4,069 | ||||||||||||
| McPherson | 165 | 38.55% | 234 | 54.67% | 11 | 2.57% | 18 | 4.21% | -69 | -16.12% | 428 | ||||||||||||
| Merrick | 1,081 | 44.76% | 1,133 | 46.92% | 186 | 7.70% | 15 | 0.62% | -52 | -2.15% | 2,415 | ||||||||||||
| Nance | 926 | 44.97% | 1,082 | 52.55% | 45 | 2.19% | 6 | 0.29% | -156 | -7.58% | 2,059 | ||||||||||||
| Nemaha | 1,674 | 50.01% | 1,583 | 47.30% | 49 | 1.46% | 41 | 1.22% | 91 | 2.72% | 3,347 | ||||||||||||
| Nuckolls | 1,523 | 49.32% | 1,519 | 49.19% | 35 | 1.13% | 11 | 0.36% | 4 | 0.13% | 3,088 | ||||||||||||
| Otoe | 2,411 | 50.83% | 2,243 | 47.29% | 71 | 1.50% | 18 | 0.38% | 168 | 3.54% | 4,743 | ||||||||||||
| Pawnee | 1,115 | 41.73% | 1,468 | 54.94% | 80 | 2.99% | 9 | 0.34% | -353 | -13.21% | 2,672 | ||||||||||||
| Perkins | 265 | 50.67% | 254 | 48.57% | 1 | 0.19% | 3 | 0.57% | 11 | 2.10% | 523 | ||||||||||||
| Phelps | 1,238 | 43.78% | 1,445 | 51.10% | 116 | 4.10% | 29 | 1.03% | -207 | -7.32% | 2,828 | ||||||||||||
| Pierce | 1,095 | 49.82% | 1,067 | 48.54% | 27 | 1.23% | 9 | 0.41% | 28 | 1.27% | 2,198 | ||||||||||||
| Platte | 2,487 | 59.99% | 1,584 | 38.21% | 67 | 1.62% | 8 | 0.19% | 903 | 21.78% | 4,146 | ||||||||||||
| Polk | 1,264 | 47.82% | 1,171 | 44.31% | 165 | 6.24% | 43 | 1.63% | 93 | 3.52% | 2,643 | ||||||||||||
| Red Willow | 1,317 | 48.96% | 1,242 | 46.17% | 53 | 1.97% | 78 | 2.90% | 75 | 2.79% | 2,690 | ||||||||||||
| Richardson | 2,258 | 50.53% | 2,123 | 47.51% | 71 | 1.59% | 17 | 0.38% | 135 | 3.02% | 4,469 | ||||||||||||
| Rock | 334 | 40.14% | 469 | 56.37% | 14 | 1.68% | 15 | 1.80% | -135 | -16.23% | 832 | ||||||||||||
| Saline | 2,249 | 51.04% | 2,048 | 46.48% | 93 | 2.11% | 16 | 0.36% | 201 | 4.56% | 4,406 | ||||||||||||
| Sarpy | 1,090 | 52.68% | 912 | 44.08% | 41 | 1.98% | 26 | 1.26% | 178 | 8.60% | 2,069 | ||||||||||||
| Saunders | 2,679 | 52.42% | 2,309 | 45.18% | 91 | 1.78% | 32 | 0.63% | 370 | 7.24% | 5,111 | ||||||||||||
| Scotts Bluff | 549 | 38.10% | 789 | 54.75% | 30 | 2.08% | 73 | 5.07% | -240 | -16.66% | 1,441 | ||||||||||||
| Seward | 2,029 | 50.69% | 1,930 | 48.21% | 41 | 1.02% | 3 | 0.07% | 99 | 2.47% | 4,003 | ||||||||||||
| Sheridan | 733 | 48.26% | 709 | 46.68% | 34 | 2.24% | 43 | 2.83% | 24 | 1.58% | 1,519 | ||||||||||||
| Sherman | 925 | 52.14% | 776 | 43.74% | 23 | 1.30% | 50 | 2.82% | 149 | 8.40% | 1,774 | ||||||||||||
| Sioux | 464 | 45.71% | 516 | 50.84% | 24 | 2.36% | 11 | 1.08% | -52 | -5.12% | 1,015 | ||||||||||||
| Stanton | 823 | 50.49% | 792 | 48.59% | 9 | 0.55% | 6 | 0.37% | 31 | 1.90% | 1,630 | ||||||||||||
| Thayer | 1,703 | 48.75% | 1,714 | 49.07% | 53 | 1.52% | 23 | 0.66% | -11 | -0.31% | 3,493 | ||||||||||||
| Thomas | 130 | 55.56% | 95 | 40.60% | 2 | 0.85% | 7 | 2.99% | 35 | 14.96% | 234 | ||||||||||||
| Thurston | 734 | 44.30% | 895 | 54.01% | 15 | 0.91% | 13 | 0.78% | -161 | -9.72% | 1,657 | ||||||||||||
| Valley | 1,045 | 48.70% | 1,040 | 48.46% | 51 | 2.38% | 10 | 0.47% | 5 | 0.23% | 2,146 | ||||||||||||
| Washington | 1,460 | 46.63% | 1,592 | 50.85% | 39 | 1.25% | 40 | 1.28% | -132 | -4.22% | 3,131 | ||||||||||||
| Wayne | 1,055 | 44.23% | 1,297 | 54.38% | 23 | 0.96% | 10 | 0.42% | -242 | -10.15% | 2,385 | ||||||||||||
| Webster | 1,354 | 46.72% | 1,408 | 48.59% | 119 | 4.11% | 17 | 0.59% | -54 | -1.86% | 2,898 | ||||||||||||
| Wheeler | 252 | 48.74% | 236 | 45.65% | 10 | 1.93% | 19 | 3.68% | 16 | 3.09% | 517 | ||||||||||||
| York | 2,042 | 46.58% | 2,209 | 50.39% | 124 | 2.83% | 9 | 0.21% | -167 | -3.81% | 4,384 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 131,099 | 49.14% | 126,997 | 47.60% | 5,179 | 1.94% | 3,524 | 1.32% | 4,102 | 1.54% | 266,799 | ||||||||||||